KATF (Kungliga Armétygförvaltningen,
Stockholm)
- numbers of the parts and price-list from May 1962.

Dummy Pistol m/1928

The pistols were also used by
other army personnel like medics and signallers.

During training services the
pistol was exchanged for a dummy pistol officially called m/28. The dummy
should, when carried in the field, have the lanyard loop.

Here is the dummy Pistol
m/28 in a navy holster M/1910.

The substitute for pistol
m/1907 - Dummy
pistol called m/28

Holsters

The pistol m/1907
should from the beginning be carried in a holster called m/1908. At the end
of its service period the pistol was carried in one of the front pockets of the
battle belt. Very often the officers cheated during field training and only
kept the lanyard loop going to the pocket without any dummy or pistol.

The Navy used a black
holster called m/10.

To the left:
Navy holster M/1910 for pistol m/1907 with one pouch for a magazine. It is
made out of soft leather.
(In the middle m/07 cleaning rodd and pistol oiler.)

To the right:
Standard military holster m/1908 for pistol m/1907 with two pouches for
magazines. Note "T4" - stamp for
Service regiment No 4

The air force used black
holsters with metal hooks on the backside for Sam Brown belts.

Officers
were allowed to purchase their own holsters according to standard but with
minor modifications.

This is a typical
Artillery
officer’s
purchased
holster with similar
button on the holster like on the officer’s uniform jacket.
Note the magzines in their pockets.
Typical for these holsters are that they are lined

This is
another purchased
officer’s holster

with
cleaning rod on the back side.

Typical
for all officer’s purchased
holsters are that they are lined.

Pistol m/1907 in 9 mm Luger

There were tests made
to alter the m/07 to 9x19 mm cartridge m/39 after the acceptance of the
Walther HP as pistol m/39.

These pistols are
equipped with 9 mm Parabellum barrels, stronger recoil spring and the magazines
were changed.
There are reports that 10 pistols from FN and 15 pistols from Husqvarna were
changed. The system turned out to be too weak and the tests were finished.

The three Swedish service pistols 1939 - 1945

Pistol m/1907

Pistol m/1939 (Walther HP)

Pistol m/1940

The story should be
over 1942 when the Finnish pistol Lahti Swedish m/40 started to be produced
in large numbers. This was not the case, because when Sweden accepted the
heavy armour piercing submachine gun cartridge 9 mm called m/39b (with red
seal), the m/40 could not stand the heavy submachine gun ammo.

When I made my
military service during the 1970:s I used both m/07 and m/40 pistols. The
m/1940 is although it’s very clumsy much easier to shoot with than m/1907,
but the m/1907 is much smother to pack and more safe
to handle.